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Involving, or accompanied by, mutual slaughter; mutually destructive. "Internecine quarrels, horrible tumults, stain the streets with blood." (Motley)
Origin: L. Internecinus deadly, murderous, fr. Internecare to kill, to slaughter; inter between + necare to kill; akin to Gr. Dead. See Necromancy.
(01 Mar 1998)
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